Mark Sanders
@msanders.mas.to.ap.brid.gy
designer, technologist, teacher, author, photographer, dj, tall tale teller
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The worst thing I read today is definitely “optimize for AI consumption." I doubt that really means poison pill.
February 4, 2026 at 10:13 PM
The worst thing I read today is definitely “optimize for AI consumption." I doubt that really means poison pill.
Oh no. I've just deployed my first self-hosted Masto instance. A bit of a labor but it's a working prototype. I’ve got plans I'll share soon.
February 3, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Oh no. I've just deployed my first self-hosted Masto instance. A bit of a labor but it's a working prototype. I’ve got plans I'll share soon.
I forget this regularly, but sometimes it's best to admit defeat, quit, and start anew in the morning. Today is a start anew.
February 2, 2026 at 1:11 PM
I forget this regularly, but sometimes it's best to admit defeat, quit, and start anew in the morning. Today is a start anew.
A welcomed moment of brief clarity. Looking forward to where this moves. https://indieweb.social/@tg/115967619782982891
tg (@[email protected])
Yesterday I wondered aloud why RSS readers look like email clients. @brentsimmons replied. Turns out he borrowed that layout for NetNewsWire in 2002 — and twenty years later, he's asking why no one's tried something different. That conversation became an essay. I built a visual version (with an ASCII fallback). https://www.terrygodier.com/phantom-obligation #rss
indieweb.social
January 29, 2026 at 1:25 PM
A welcomed moment of brief clarity. Looking forward to where this moves. https://indieweb.social/@tg/115967619782982891
Is @pixelfed down? I’m only getting errors when I use the iOS app. @dansup ?
January 29, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Is @pixelfed down? I’m only getting errors when I use the iOS app. @dansup ?
And this a serendipitous follow-up to my previous repost… https://mastodon.art/@mobydick/115956045790575539
Moby Dick (@[email protected])
Nothing was done, and nothing seemed capable of being done
mastodon.art
January 25, 2026 at 3:30 PM
And this a serendipitous follow-up to my previous repost… https://mastodon.art/@mobydick/115956045790575539
This very helpful for understanding my current malaise and unconfident positions… https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan/115913053638692663
JA Westenberg (@[email protected])
The philosopher Bertrand Russell remarked that the fundamental cause of trouble in the world is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. I think the discourse has broken this relationship. It's not that intelligent people have become stupid. It's that the incentive structure of public conversation rewards cocksureness regardless of actual intelligence... https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-discourse-is-a-distributed-denial-of-service-attack/
mastodon.social
January 25, 2026 at 3:28 PM
This very helpful for understanding my current malaise and unconfident positions… https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan/115913053638692663
Subscriptions for Pitchfork? Sigh... A new premium commenting service that I don't want and oh, by the way, we're also paywalling our entire review archive. I cannot wait until internet media settles into more responsible and permanent business models that *hopefully* do not penalize long-term […]
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mas.to
January 20, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Subscriptions for Pitchfork? Sigh... A new premium commenting service that I don't want and oh, by the way, we're also paywalling our entire review archive. I cannot wait until internet media settles into more responsible and permanent business models that *hopefully* do not penalize long-term […]
Apple Music is such an unbelievable disaster of an app that seems to never be improved from OS update to OS update. The search sucks. Playlists are super wonky with sometimes I see song and sometimes I don’t. And the interface is hard to use. I wish Apple would see some value in experiencing […]
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mas.to
January 19, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Apple Music is such an unbelievable disaster of an app that seems to never be improved from OS update to OS update. The search sucks. Playlists are super wonky with sometimes I see song and sometimes I don’t. And the interface is hard to use. I wish Apple would see some value in experiencing […]
Current conditions
January 17, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Current conditions
Very curious and unexpected. "Gourmet Magazine Is Back. It’s Not Exactly Sanctioned.” Hoping this is a valuable means of distribution and discourse but seems like a Herculean task […]
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mas.to
January 16, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Very curious and unexpected. "Gourmet Magazine Is Back. It’s Not Exactly Sanctioned.” Hoping this is a valuable means of distribution and discourse but seems like a Herculean task […]
Folks~ I've started a new thing. It's intimidating, but I've been threatening to do this for a while. For now the shape is largely amorphous, but hoping with practice I'll find some grooves. If you are so inclined, please subscribe. Aiming to drop new long-form monthly with shorter pieces every […]
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mas.to
January 15, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Folks~ I've started a new thing. It's intimidating, but I've been threatening to do this for a while. For now the shape is largely amorphous, but hoping with practice I'll find some grooves. If you are so inclined, please subscribe. Aiming to drop new long-form monthly with shorter pieces every […]
Oof, this one hurts https://cca.edu/about/vanderbilt-agreement. It is a critical time for art and design Colleges to remodel themselves for survival. I implore schools to embrace being smaller instead of grow grow grow. These are difficult times for teaching and learning, but also ripe for new […]
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mas.to
January 14, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Oof, this one hurts https://cca.edu/about/vanderbilt-agreement. It is a critical time for art and design Colleges to remodel themselves for survival. I implore schools to embrace being smaller instead of grow grow grow. These are difficult times for teaching and learning, but also ripe for new […]
Vaccinated for flu and Covid this year. In 2 months span I’ve gotten both the flu and now Covid. I’m angry at the vaccines. But, it’s really the systematic government dismissal of research, strategy, and public data keeping that has brought us to this low point.
January 9, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Vaccinated for flu and Covid this year. In 2 months span I’ve gotten both the flu and now Covid. I’m angry at the vaccines. But, it’s really the systematic government dismissal of research, strategy, and public data keeping that has brought us to this low point.
Last year's Anna von Hausswolff album ICONOCLASTS is bonkers in all the right ways. I continue to be amazed how introspective and huge it is all at once. Gets better with every listen. #music
January 8, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Last year's Anna von Hausswolff album ICONOCLASTS is bonkers in all the right ways. I continue to be amazed how introspective and huge it is all at once. Gets better with every listen. #music
Quite a mouthful of a name for the email "From" field: Consumer Indirect Beef Litigation Settlement Administrator. I may pass on this one.
January 8, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Quite a mouthful of a name for the email "From" field: Consumer Indirect Beef Litigation Settlement Administrator. I may pass on this one.
A goal for 2026 is more movement; more motion. I have a weakness for affordable variable fonts and this scratches that itch very nicely… https://fonts.studiofeixen.ch/mov
Studio Feixen Fonts
Studio Feixen Fonts is a type foundry founded by the Swiss design studio Studio Feixen.
fonts.studiofeixen.ch
January 2, 2026 at 3:16 PM
A goal for 2026 is more movement; more motion. I have a weakness for affordable variable fonts and this scratches that itch very nicely… https://fonts.studiofeixen.ch/mov
My first roulade. Worth it for sure. Ina Garten knows her way around a turkey.
December 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
My first roulade. Worth it for sure. Ina Garten knows her way around a turkey.
Last day (officially) in the office for the year. Watching my desk mate grow to impossible size, I hope.
December 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Last day (officially) in the office for the year. Watching my desk mate grow to impossible size, I hope.
Friday surprisingly satisfying song selection: https://open.qobuz.com/track/50149553. Mike Nesmith never gets enough credit IMHO. #nowplaying
Open Qobuz
open.qobuz.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Friday surprisingly satisfying song selection: https://open.qobuz.com/track/50149553. Mike Nesmith never gets enough credit IMHO. #nowplaying
Reposted by Mark Sanders
Remember when the internet wasn't awful? We can go back to that.
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
The Resonant Computing Manifesto
Technology should bring out the best in humanity, not the worst—a manifesto for resonant computing built on five principles that reject hyper-scale extraction for human flourishing.
resonantcomputing.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Remember when the internet wasn't awful? We can go back to that.
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
I’m pleased to share that John Coltrane was my most listened to artist of 2025 on Apple Music. This is a bit of a surprise, although it really shouldn’t be.
December 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I’m pleased to share that John Coltrane was my most listened to artist of 2025 on Apple Music. This is a bit of a surprise, although it really shouldn’t be.